So I popped out a half-hour early to clear my driveway, only to be pleasantly surprised to find it completely snow-free. The placement of the trees in my front yard seems to have acted as a perfect windbreak, and no snow made it through. The road, on the other hand... well, I just helped dig two cars out of the the 6-8ft snow drifts covering the street in front of my house.

Yeah. ::facepalms:: Something tells me maybe I shouldn't try to go into work today.

I declare today a SNOW DAY!

So, what are we all doing this fine snow-filled, windy day? ;)

I am bored. I am sleepy. And I do not want to leave my house tomorrow because the roads are going to suck once all this snow and wind settles down.

Therefore... ( FIC! )

Fandom: Transformers G1
Genre: GEN, humour
Rating: G
Word count: 1032 words

This totally doesn't count as part of the porn ping-pong. It's not even enough to be a side-story, more of a side... drabble. Or drabble-and-a-half, I guess.

Either way, it's not my fault! XD

( Some spectators of this sport aren't enjoying the game as much as we are. ::snickers:: )

Looking forward to whatever porny goodness the evil bunnies end up leaving you with, katsuko. LOL!

Right. So, katsuko has some kind of evil perverted porn ping-pong powers that I am apparently helpless to resist. She started it by writing this amazingly kinky prompt, which I then had to write. Then she makes it worse by writing a sequel to my fic! That fiend! But the true devious qualities of her ploy are revealed when her sequel entices me into a writing a sequel of my own. A sequel to her sequel, no less!

Yes, yes my friends, she is truly an evil evil creature. With her around, the porn never ends! *eg*

Title: When The Cat's Away, The Mice Will Play
Author: Moonbeam's Predilections
Genre: Transformers G1 -- Kinky sticky fic! (D'uh!)
Pairing: Rumble/Starscream
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 2,500 words

Notes: This story is a sequel to Obscene Comm Calls by katsuko, which is a sequel to Size Doesn't Matter, Except When It Does by me (moonbeamsfanfic), which was written in response to this prompt at tfanonkink, the Transformers Anonymous Kink Meme. You should probably be reading these in order, m'kay?

( The cycle of porn and snark continues! Can no one save us! )

EDIT: Changed the title. ::shrugs:: Dang titles are always the hardest part for me.

This is the Bonus Chapter written for a prompt on the Transformers Anonymous Kink Meme at tfanonkink. Please read the original story, Size Doesn't Matter, Except When It Does, first. Thank you!

( Night monitoring duty -- not so boring after all! )

Written for the Transformers Anonymous Kink Meme at tfanonkink. Original prompt requested Rumble/Starscream size difference with a twist. Kinks include reverse size difference, self-interfacing, voyeurism, competitiveness, dirty talk, multiple overloads, oral, winglust, and snark. Lots and lots of snark! (Oy, those two wouldn't shut up for the snark! *eg*)

Originally posted anonymously here: http://community.livejournal.com/tfanonkink/603.html?thread=1081947#t1081947

Title: Size Doesn't Matter, Except When It Does
Author: Moonbeam's Predilections
Genre: Transformers G1 -- Kink fic
Pairing: Rumble/Starscream
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 8,127 (main story), 2,142 (bonus chapter), 10,269 words total

Summary:
Most Cybertronians have both a spike and a valve, but an unlucky few are only either/or. Rumble formatted as spike-only; Starscream as valve-only. Both suffer disadvantages that often lead to them avoiding interface in favour of self-service. Then Rumble discovers Starscream's similar but opposite problem, and decides to put two and two together to their mutual satisfaction. Sticky, obviously!

( Good things DO come in small packages! )

So, evidently my entire flist is slowly being taking over by Criminal Minds fans. I've never even seen a single moment of the show, but I have read a few crossovers fics with it.

Is it really all that? Am I missing greatness without ever knowing about it? Because I hate to say it, but with a possible exception of Castle, my TV viewing schedule has been sadly lacking in greatness for a while. This may be a show worth investing in.

Poll #1473966 Criminal Minds
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

Is it worth watching?

Also, guess what? I'm actually writing a new fic! ::waits for it::

Dude, I know! Three years of abso-lutely NOTHING and suddenly there's new fic on the horizon? Wacky! It's like some weird parallel universe -- time travel, back in time to the days when Moonbeam was actually an active fanfiction author.

Or, you know, an inactive author as the case often was.

But hey, three years later I've finally managed to create again! YAY!

Of course, it won't do any of you much good. I doubt any of you would be interested in reading 10,000 words of kinky '80s cartoon robot porn, huh? Yeah, didn't think so. ::coughs:: Yes, the first thing I write in ages is Transformers-G1 smut. But it's for a good cause! I got inspired by a request on the TF Anonymous Kink Meme and the next thing I knew...

Anyway, it'll be done hopefully in the next day or two, and then I'll post it here just for completeness sake. Don't worry, none of you are expected to read it! :P

See ya on the flipside,
Moon.

Over the years, I've become a lot more discerning about the quality of fiction I'll read. Despite working in a library, I rarely read books anymore because the quality of the writing for most pro-fic absolutely sucks in comparison to amateur fanfic authors who write because they love it, instead of just because they're paid for it.

Because of that, my standards for high-quality fic have risen drastically over the years. But one thing seems to have remained the same: my love for detailed world-building. Any author who can take a concept and develop it so thoroughly that I end up living and breathing it, seeing it as its own reality, even dreaming about it at night? Those are the stories I love the most, the ones I never forget, and keep going back to over and over again. They are stories which do more than just explore the characters or follow a cunning plot, they are stories that feel alive... rich and immense with detail, background, meaning and future possibilties. They are stories which have created a reality all their own, one which when done well, can often feel more real than canon.

There are several authors I can think of off the top of my head who do this with ease:

1. Macx (aka Gryph) with her undisputed Fire & Ice series in the Knight Rider fandom

2. James Walkswithwind (aka zortified) with her enormously popular 'Centaur AU That Eats Fandoms', to which the world-building was so rich I came to love a show I'd never even heard of just through reading it. (To this day, I've never seen an episode of Houston Knights despite reading several hundred fics for it.)

3. Nix (aka crimsonquills) who continued the Centaur AU brilliantly into two new fandoms and gave it even more depth and richness.

4. Red Wolf (aka redwolfoz) whose werewolves Wolf and Declan have been part of my personal life for so long I've claimed Dec as my own perfect mate. Alas, too bad he's ficitonal. ::pouts::

5. TenthMuse1 who seems to excel in world-builing, even if her most popular one is a world I don't particularly like.

6. Jennifer Lyon and Suzanne Bickerstaff with their classic, beloved fantasy X-Files novels, The Magician Trilogy (in four books).

7. Sam (aka copperbadge)'s better-than-canon Sirius and Remus raising Harry Potter AU.

8. Domenika Marzione (aka miss_porcupine) who has taken the flippant world of Stargate: Atlantis and given it's military a voice and believability, as well a host of characters the readers keep looking for every episode despite them not actually being canon.

9. Susan Foster's Sentinel GDP AU, which while often unpleasant, no can deny has a life of its own.

and of course,

10. The entire Magnificent Seven fandom, who cooperatively brought to life the ATF AU based off of one tiny little fic by Mog.

And now the newest name to add to my list, Sanjuno Shori Niko (aka sanjuno), who's taken the original G1 of Transformers and built an entire culture from the dregs of canon. A culture that revolves around my favourite characters, the sleek and gorgeous Seekers: Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp.

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The Nine Rings of Vos, A Transformers G1 Fanfic
by Sanjuno Shori Niko

Summary: The Seekers have a plan, one that spans the entire length of the war, and is now coming to fruition. Soundwave and the Cassettacons get caught up in the plot, and somehow cannot find it in their sparks to regret any of it. As for the Autobot and Decepticon factions, well, they are all just really, really confused.

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Link goes to the main timeline of series that span over 50 stories and millions of years. It's fun, full of humour and love, and best of all... builds a world I can't help but love.

I went ice skating tonight for the first time in over a decade...

...and I only fell six times!

Go me! \o/

I'll probably be paying for this tomorrow though. Oh, well, it was fun! :P

The news just announced that NORAD's "Captain Carter" is in charge of tracking Santa this year.

Heh, I am easily amused. XD

It is -45C outside and the furnace is making strange sounds.

::crosses fingers::

Please don't die on me. Please don't die on me. Please don't die on me!

Whoo! Just hit 69 icons! Only 126 more to go!

I figure this Angel/Spike quickie icon is perfectly appropriate for the 69th slot, y/n? ;P

Okay, so the library gets really quiet around the holidays and to stave off boredom the bosses have given us this quiz to figure out. There's chocolate (of the lovely Bernard Callebaut variety, yum!) in the offering as a prize to the first person who can complete it correctly.

Hence, I decided to cheat. ;P


Instructions: Below is a list of traditional and modern Christmas songs -- with a twist. Their titles have been rewritten. Your job is to decipher which song each one is based on the clue provided. Some songs may appear twice.

Ex: "Decorate The Entry-Ways" = "Deck The Halls"

( HELP ME!!! )

Note to self: nomadicwriter makes the BEST and most HILARIOUS Stargate icons evar!

*gakks like mad*

Good lord, I'm only using 48 out of 195 icons?!?!?!?!

At this rate, I could have an icon not only for every fandom I'm in (88 at last count, btw) but I could have individuals icons for every pairing and/or favorite character too. \o/

Of course, I personally suck at making icons, but there are plenty of icon-sharing communities out there. I'll have to trawl for fun goodies! (Oh, the hardship... *eg*)

Anyway, new Moon's moon icon is GIPed.

After finally seeing the new X-Files movie (stupid, boring plot but good Mulder/Scully character and relationship development, so I'll grudgingly call it a win) I've been sucked back into the XF fandom like I haven't been since the early years. Oh, don't get me wrong, I've never really left the fandom... I've always gone back and reread my favourite stories, as well as a few exceptional and highly recommended new ones, not too mention all the crossovers that pop up in my other fandoms. But it's been well over a decade since I've immersed my self so deeply into the X-Files groove.

You know what? It's surprising how little things have actually changed! Some of the authors I read back in the 90s are even still around. Oh, many of them seem to have done the same as me and moved on to other fandoms for a few years in between, but there are so many familiar names writing right now that it almost feels like I never left. (And a few of them -- Vickie Mosely, for one -- seem never to have left at all!)

I'm just feeling the biggest nostalgia for this old classic show right now. It was the fandom that got me started, the first show I ever read or wrote fanfic for. Heck, it was the very reason I got out on the internet in the first place! My family got our first internet connection in July 1996, but except for a few chatroom sessions (including one especially nasty argument over which country was better, Canada vs USA) which were mostly driven by my sister at that, I wasn't really interested in the computer until I discovered there were other X-Philes out there, and OMG, they were writing stories about my favourite show!

Within weeks, I'd become entrenched in my first fandom, and even started sending feedback to authors of the stories I'd especially liked. Luckily for me, one of the authors I met in those early months would become one of the best and most influential (Hi, redwolfoz!) friends of my life. Someone who would not only get me started in the realm of fandom, but who would stick by me ever since -- something not even anyone in real life (family notwithstanding) has ever managed.

Now, I'm feeling such a sense of nostalgia I'm back to feeling like the giddy, foolish little girl I was when I first discovered the world of fanfiction at my fingertips. I've been rewatching my old favourite episodes, and seeing a few from the later Doggett-years for the first time. And I've been steadily working my way backwards (by date) through the Gossamer archives for fic. There's so much I've missed! So much that's brand new to me (even if it's years old now) that I feel like I could do this for weeks and not tire of it.

God, could I have really forgotten how much I loved this show? Those characters? How I would never miss sitting in front of a TV every Friday night (at 9pm!) no matter what other events were planned? God, I even remember the big hullabaloo there was over the show's damn timeslot. Friday nights used to be one of the worst nights for television there was, being a big "date night" when most people went out instead of staying home. But the X-Files blew the competition out of the water, attracting record audiences and starting the trend of TGIF ratings-winners. Man, it really was a landmark show, wasn't it?

But now I get to relive that excitement and investment all over again. Rediscover what it is that made me fall in love with Mulder and Scully and Skinner and all their adventures. Recapture the passion and joy that sucked me in so inescapably that I'm still going strong even over a decade later.

And I gotta say, I'm having a lot of FUN doing it! :D




P.S. Special thank you to Red Wolf, for taking me by the proverbial hand and welcoming me into the world of fandom way back in 1996. I owe so much to you because of your kindness and generosity with a young, impressionable teenager all those years ago. Especially since I, like the foolish newbie I was, forced you to put with my very own regrettable Mary-Sue. (Sorry about that, btw!) Thinking back, your patience and forbearance in dealing with my first tentative forays are what gave me the courage to continue, starting me down the path I've been happily loving for 12 years and counting. I can't thank you enough for what you first did, and have continued to do for me ever since. Thank you! ::slobbers you with kisses::

P.P.S. Handkerchief? :)

Thank you to everyone who commented on my meta question yesterday! There was no easy answer, but it sure did give me a lot to think about. And isn't that the what's important anyway? :)

Thanks!

Question: Why don't we have a "pre-het" category?

I mean, if in a story two male (or two female) characters flirt and show a clear undertone of sexual or romantic attraction, the story is not listed as being Gen. It's called pre-slash, because while there is no overt kissing or sex, the inference is obvious that two same sex characters either wish to or will get together non-platonically at some point after the fic.

So how come stories in which two heterosexual characters flirt/exhibit desire but don't actually kiss 'on-screen' are still considered Gen?

Why aren't they pre-het?

Why is there that unconscious inference that the presence of heterosexual relationships don't violate General fiction's standard clause of "no sex or romance" but inferred homosexual relationships do?

ETA Underlying Question: What makes a story Gen?

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This meta question is brought to you by a reader who's had to stop reading far too many so-called "gen" fics because of unexpected pushing of a disliked het 'ship. (Even if nothing physically happens, the constant presence of the unwanted 'ship hovering over every action and character development never fails to completely ruin an otherwise fine story. It's very disappointing, actually.)

Please, if you have any insight into this, please comment! I'm honestly curious to know why this situation exists, and why it's considered acceptable by... well, pretty much everyone. I don't think I've ever seen this question raised before, in any fandom. I'm not ashamed to admit this puzzles me.

Thank you,
Moon.

ETA: Just in case, please note that my replies to your comments are NOT arguments -- just further questions. I'm simply, honestly, curious about this issue. I just want to know. Please, feel free to say anything you think or feel! The more input, the better the discussion! Thank you!

So, CERN's Large Hadron Collider was successfully turned on without sucking the world into a black hole. Yay, science!

And then I discovered that the internet really is the best. thing. ever!

Don't know what the LHC is all about or how it works? Check out this very clever, and very amusing Rap of Physics for a full and complete explanation!



Still worried about the End of the World?

CLICK HERE --> http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

or HERE --> http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

And don't forget to check out the Page Source code of both sites for the greatest amusement value! XD

ETA: IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!

The io9's Large Hadron Kegger party has proposed a Large Hadron Collider Drinking Game. Score!

OMG! What the hell happened to del.icio.us?! Take it back! It's ugly and messy and what the hell did you do to my nice neat organization?

ARGH!

EDIT: Man, I hadn't even noticed they'd changed the domain name until I got into the forums (to complain about the bad points of the new layout - ie: pretty much everything!). Am I the only one who liked the uniqueness and cleverness of Delicious' previous name? The periods breaking it up made it seem techno-savvy and geek-friendly. Now it sounds like something made for teenage girls to squee in. :(